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Spelling Bee December 25, 2024 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

Today's letter set · Center: F

A
E
F
G
I
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

59

accepted entries

Total points

319

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

223

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LEAFING
  • FINAGLE
  • LEAFING
  • FINAGLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

25 pts

8%

Solid

47 pts

15%

Nice

79 pts

25%

Great

127 pts

40%

Amazing

159 pts

50%

Genius

223 pts

70%

Queen Bee

319 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • alfalfa
E 1 word
  • elfin
F 47 words
  • fail
  • failing
  • falafel
  • fall
  • fallen
  • falling
  • fang
  • fanning
  • feel
  • feeling
  • feign
  • feigning
  • feline
  • fell
  • fella
  • felling
  • fennel
  • fief
  • fife
  • fifing
  • file
  • filial
  • filing
  • fill
  • filling
  • finagle
  • finagle
  • finagling
  • final
  • finale
  • fine
  • finial
  • fining
  • flag
  • flagella
  • flagging
  • flail
  • flailing
  • flan
  • flange
  • flanging
  • flannel
  • flea
  • flee
  • fleeing
  • fling
  • flinging
G 2 words
  • gaff
  • gaffe
I 2 words
  • infill
  • infilling
L 5 words
  • leaf
  • leafing
  • leafing
  • life
  • lifeline
N 1 word
  • naif

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, December 25, 2024 uses the seven letters A, E, F, G, I, L, N, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 319 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 223 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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